Buried Ruin

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Character Background

Buried Ruin is a versatile colorless land that thematically feels like a tomb for lost machines and, mechanically, supports artifact-centric value and combo strategies. It functions as a low-impact land early ({T}: Add {C}) and a one-time recursion engine—pay {2}, tap and sacrifice to return an artifact card from your graveyard to your hand—so it excels in decks that want to reuse cheap utility artifacts or reconvene combo pieces. Practical play: hold the sac until you can pay the {2} without crippling your tempo, or use it to reset key pieces like Sensei’s Divining Top, Mishra’s Bauble, or Walking Ballista; it also pairs neatly with Karn, the Great Creator, artifact tutors, and decks that run multiple small artifacts to milk incremental value. Deckbuilding tip: include redundant recursion/tutor effects and a few low-cost artifacts to maximize each Buried Ruin, and remember it’s a value/combo enabler rather than an aggressive or tempo land.

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